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Where was Hannah Arendt filmed?

2012 film, directed by Margarethe von Trotta.

  • Germany

The story is set in New York City, about 3,881 miles (6,246 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New York City; Jerusalem; Marburg; Wesleyan University
Filmed in
Germany
Distance
About 3,881 miles (6,246 km) between New York City and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 1,846 miles (2,971 km) between Jerusalem and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 55 miles (89 km) between Marburg and the nearest filming location.
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About Hannah Arendt

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Released
2012
Director
Margarethe von Trotta
Cast
Barbara SukowaAxel MilbergJanet McTeerJulia JentschUlrich NoethenMichael DegenNicholas WoodesonVictoria TrauttmansdorffKlaus PohlFriederike Becht
Genre
DramaBiographical

As the film opens Eichmann has been captured in Argentina.

Arendt, now a professor in New York, volunteers to write about the trial for The New Yorker and is given the assignment.

In a cafe conversation in which the Faust story is raised it is mentioned that Eichmann is not in any way a Mephisto (the devil).

Famous lines from Hannah Arendt

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • On ViolenceHannah Arendt
  • The New YorkerHannah Arendt
  • Kein Mensch hat das Recht zu gehorchen.Hannah Arendt
  • Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.Hannah Arendt
  • I've begun so late, really only in recent years, to truly love the world.. Out of gratitude, I want to call my book on political theories Amor Mundi.Hannah Arendt

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